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MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

262,020. Patqntd Aug'yl, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTON DILGER, OF ROGKVILLE, WISCONSIN.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,020, dated August1, 1882.

Y Applieationfiled May 22, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known thatI, ANTONDILGER, ofRookville, in the county of Grant andState of Wisconsin, have invented a new and usefulImproveinentinaMechanical Movement,of which the following isa full,clear, and exact description.

My invention is intended for use wherever reciprocating movement isdesired-as, for instance, for working pumps, for drilling, or forraising and lowering head-gates of mills, and also for lifting heavyweights-the object being to accomplish the work with great facility andwith an expenditure of but little power.

It consists in thecombination of a pendulum with a rack and pinion, ashereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim, reference being badto the accompanying drawing, wherein my improved mechanical movement isshown by a perspective elevation.

Upon a suitable frame, A, is fitted a shaft, B, that carries at one enda pinion, O.

D is a rack fitted for vertical movement in suitable guides upon anupright, E, and formed atits lower end with a slot for connection toapump-rod or other device to be lifted.

Upon the shaft B is hung a pendulum, F, provided with a weight, G, atits lower end, of suitable size, according to the character of work thatis to be done, the power required, and the length of stroke desired.

I have shown one rack only; but two racks can be used, both engaging thepinion, so that as one moves up the other will move down.

In operation the swinging of the pendulum gives a rocking motion to theshaft B, and the forward-and backward movement of the pinion effects thevertical reciprocation of the rack and the pump-rod or other device towhich it may be connected. The pendulum is to be operated by hand, andthe length of its movement determines the stroke of the pump-rod. Thisapparatus is especially applicable to operating deep-well pumps where awindmill or other power would be too expensive. But little power isrequired for moving the pendulum; and it will be understood that thesize of the cog-wheel is to be varied according to the stroke desiredand the work to be done. The frame may be of any suitable height,according to the length of pendulum required. For lifting head-gates therack is to be connected to the post of the gate, and the gate raised andlowered by the movement of the pendulum tp the right or left. Theapparatus may also be used for other purposes of a similar nature.

In single machines where only a single rack is used I prefer to fit thepinion O with a weight placed diametrically opposite the rack, as shownat H, this weight to be of greater or less size, according to the depthof the well, and serves to balance the rack and pump-rod. Having thusdescribed my invention, Ielaim as new and desire to secure byLettersPatent- In a mechanical movement, the combination, with the shaft B,having pinion G, and

pendulum F secured thereon, of the rack D, engaging the pinion (J, asshown and described.

ANTON DI LGER.

Witnesses A. W. GAMMON, G. KALTENBAGH.

